Dominion Monarch

The QSMV Dominion Monarch was a cargo liner, built for the Shaw Savill Line, which also carried passengers. Completed in 1939, she is seen is this photograph, described as "The World's most powerful motor vessel" at the very beginning of her career, and this particular postcard was sent by a passenger from Australia to New Zealand at the end of her maiden voyage. The following year she was requisitioned as a troopship for the duration of WWII, and after the was returned to a civilian role which included, during 1949, transporting both the New Zealand Cricket Team and the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.